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Russia’s trash reforms were meant to close old landfills and introduce new waste management technologies across the country....

A chessmaster who sent money to the mob, a mysterious change of ownership just after a dramatic police raid, and connections...

A landmark labor exploitation case against Azerbaijan should soon be decided by the European Court of Human Rights — more...

Once a powerful interior ministry official, Alovsat Aliyev became a workers’ rights activist in his native Azerbaijan. As...

A new leak of bank documents shows millions flowed through a former Armenian customs official’s offshore account in the Isle...

The family of Azerbaijan’s former security chief has built up a business and property empire in Europe worth over 100...

A mysterious company brought hundreds of Balkan workers to Azerbaijan to work on a series of major projects in appalling...

Seudin Zoletić went to Azerbaijan for what he thought was a lucrative construction job. But he found himself a virtual...

General Renier Urbáez, born in 1971, is the president of the Venezuelan armed forces’ Social Security Institute.

In July 2017, President Maduro personally awarded General Francisco Megdaleno Rodríguez a Venezuelan flag, making him the...

Secret warehouses, shady tenders, and old friends: How the tobacco industry is gaining influence in Pakistan.

A new tracking system was meant to stop cigarette smuggling. Instead, it gave the tobacco industry even more power.